Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-21
THE LAST RITES.
The Chicago Anarchists Placed in Their
Final Resting Place,
Cantain Black Delivers q Funeral Ora
ton Over the Dead.
He Compares Them in Their Deaths to
the Author Of Christianity.
Their Services to Mankind Self-Sacriflc.
ing rs Were His.
The Dusky Widow Of Parsons Creates
q COmmOtlOn.

CHICAGO, December 17.-The four Anar'
chists who were hanged November II, Au-
gust Spies, A. X. Parsons, Adolph Fisher
and George Engel, and Louis Lingg, who
cheated the gallows by committing suicide
the day before, were placed in their final
resting place in Waldeheim cemetery to-
dav. The only dramatic scene of the &C.
casion was brought about by Mrs. Par
sons, the dusky wife OF the dead Anarchist.
She had kept in the background at the
cemetery during the preliminary exercises.
A few moments before Capt. Black, the
chief counsel for the Anarchists, concluded
his address, and while the spectators were
in a manner spellbound by the Captains
rhetoric, some one shouted "make way for
Mrs. Parsons" A passage way was made
and Mrs. Parsons, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. William Holmes. came for ward.
The nearest coffin to her was hat OF Au-
gust Spies. Her husband was second from
this. Mrs. Parsons eyes seemed to pick
out the Casket in which she was most in
terested. The moment her gaze caught it,
she
GAVE VOICE TO A VAIL
which startled the crowd. Captain Black
paused in his speech. Then screams from
Mrs. Parsons which reached the outer circle
of the crowd. Then she strove to speak,
but the words refused to come out and she
sank iainting into the arms OF friends.
Some men near her made snowballs and
rubbed her temples, and when she showed
! signs OF consciousness she was carried
away. Two funeral trains from the city
| carried about 800 people to the cemetery.
| The demeanor Of the occupants partook
| more of the nature OF a picnic party than
| of a funeral. At the cemetery the crowd
gathered around the lot situated near the
entrance. Thu collins were
TAKEN FROM THE III
and carried to the spot where the crowd
had assembled. Spies casket was borne
by six members OF the Turn Verein. Fischer's
casket was carried by members Of the
| Ty biographical Union; Parsons by men,
bers Of his assembly of Knights OF Labor;
Engel's by the German Fresco Painters
| Union and Louis Lingg's by a committee
from the Carpenters Assembly. On Spies
| and Fischer's collins were flowers and red
| ribbons; on Parsons was a bouquet Of red
| and yellow roses, which served to bring out
in bold relief the red cloth which covered the
casket. The undertakers removed the lids
from the collins and the chief mourners
took their places among the mOurncrs.
| There were near relatives and friends OF the
dead Anarchists, including Mrs. Schwab,
whose husband is in the pententiary; Nina
Van Zandt and Lineg's girl, Elsa Friedel.
| Nina Van Zandt chatted continuously with
Captain Black and showed
NO slaN OF EMOTION.
DR.. Buchanan acted as master Of ceremo-
MES. The embaIming process had been a
success. The dead looked liielike. Not a
trace Of decomposition was to be seen. a
memorial hymn was sung by the Milwau-
kee Socialist Maennerchor. Capt. Black
then spoke in substance as follows: sit is
now nearly n%ineteen centuries since there
came into the world one whose nam is q
household word wherever civilization has
shed it's light. Whatever may be our per-
sonal views Of Christ, we all know that He
brought most prominently to light two
thoughts which have been in the world
since then. One establishes o connection
in relationship between US and Eternal
Good, the other is the thought Of
e BROTHERHOOD.
For il we only know the events and circum-
stances Of to-day, we are yet children OF the
Infinite bound mp in an eternal destiny. AS
children of one father, we are brethren all.
No man until the coming of Jesus knew the
secret which broke down the narrow bar
| riers of rage and the distinctions of place
and circumstances. When he came the
world at large had no place for him. In n
stable WAS his birth and in q manger his
cradle. What shall l say concerning civil
%ization, which boasts his name to-day? AS
we look back over the long ages thai have
occupied these nineteen centuries, we can
take heart and courage that biz doctrine OF
love 10 yet alive. For in spite OF much for
getting, w still find in the long march of
the centuries there have been faithful hearts
in which the ages have come to life, the
beauty and glory OF his teachings-self sac
rifice. fraternity and love. But it is not all
that places OF power and of wealth had
NO ROOM FOR HIM
when he came; but when he went what was
it? He taught the world a divine father.
hood. When Jesus teachings OF father.
hood were added to the teaching of q uni
versal brotherhood OF all mankind, the
Pharisees and priests, Scribes and Levites,
a felon's death. He taught practical
fraternity. This it is to study the
welfare OF the poor and oppressed rather
than one-man advantage and profit, and
Tor this they cast him out. But the cross
upon which they hanged him became the
synonym OF honor and glory. NY friends.
has the world yet reached it's ultimate OF
purpose; it's highest of honor aud oil devel-
0pment? Look on these dead and answer.
Whatever you may say as to their meth
DDS, the judgment OF simple justice is that
fh0IR nrrnnco A. I
kind. Their longing was to bring in a day
OF universal brotherhood and universal
peace, and the world has
NOTHING o THESE MEN
but the gibbet. We lake these lessons n
heart but do not despair, for we know hat
the cause for which these men die, takes
root in human hearts. and reaches upwards
ana spreads and canno be DESTROYED. and
tne lesson OF this hour was given us in the
"Oros OF mat great teacher centul les gone
"nen, seeing the gathering storm OF hatred |
and apprehension which was speedily over
"heimlng him, and realizing thai in LOYALTY
70 the mission he had accomplished upon
earth, there was a felOn's fate for him. there
was overthrow and destruction, he foreto!d |
70 'nose ABOUT him his own death and
when they commended with him concerning
1t, these were his words: Except a grain ri
wneat all INTO the ground and die, it abideth
alone; but ii it die, it brings forth mich
tru't.n The worlds history is and has
been that every milestone in the nath Of
has stood as a tablet owe, the
dead that laid the found tions
or the structure OF real progress and ad.
out o: the old in the blood of
- nose VINO nave loved a common cause and
, n;n JGm' = people so vaguely that un-
HIQOIUl OF fhQlP
2een ready to shed their blood. Rnt
mere o oiorsuchas hese,thefate ofobl;v;ono
mo nves that go out in the splendid ser.
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